EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY NEWS From the New Hampshire Department of Education Office of Educational Technology	May 4, 2004
IN THIS ISSUE • NetDay Speakup Day for Teachers • School Tech Survey is Still Open • Teacherline Courses ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
====================================== NETDAY SPEAKUP DAY FOR TEACHERS !!! ====================================== http://www.netdayspeakup.org/ New Hampshire teachers are invited and encouraged to participate in NetDay Speak Up Day for Teachers, an online event to learn more about teacher views on technology use in school. Based on Speak Up Day for Students, the teacher survey will provide participating schools and the educational community with a better understanding of how and why teachers use technology in their professional and personal lives. The survey is available only until May 7^th at http://www.netdayspeakup.org/. To date, over 6,800 teachers from all across the country have already taken the easy to use, 15 minute survey. A small number of New Hampshire teachers have taken the survey, but we would like to insure that NH teachers have a significant voice in this national dialogue on how technology can impact teaching and learning. Please take 15 minutes out of your day to visit the site. Why? The purpose of Speak Up Day for Teachers is threefold: To collect national data about how teachers feel about using the Internet and technology in their professional and personal life. To raise awareness about the importance of teacher voice as a stakeholder in technology decisions. To promote conversations at the local school level about the role of technology in learning with input from students through the first Speak Up Day and from teachers. Participation is not time consuming or difficult - a school contact simply needs to register their school to participate at the NetDay site and then share the survey URL with the school's teachers. The survey can be taken online from any computer with Internet access. After the survey closes, NetDay will provide information back to registered schools as to how they can access their own aggregated data. We encourage you to sign up your school and get your teachers involved!
====================================== NH SCHOOL TECH SURVEY IS STILL OPEN ====================================== http://nh.vived.com School Tech Coordinators, please take note! The 2003-04 school building technology survey, available at http://nh.vived.com, will be CLOSED as of May 14^th for the 2003-04 data collection period. School building technology coordinators are advised to complete the survey ASAP. This annual survey provides critical data for technology planning and funding decisions. All schools within a district applying for technology funds administered by the NH Department of Education must complete this survey each year.
====================================== TEACHERLINE COURSES ====================================== http://www.nhptv.org/teacherline/ New Hampshire Public Television, in collaboration with the Local Education Support Center Network (LESCN) and with SERESC, is offering six online professional development courses for teachers. TeacherLine courses begin the week of June 21, 2004, and end the week of August 2, 2004. Each course begins with a half-day fact-to-face session at one of the Regional Professional Development Centers. After that, teachers can then complete the work anytime, from any computer with Internet access. There are no other scheduled meetings -- all work is done online. Teachers will receive 24 CEU credit hours per course. The cost per course is just $75.00. Graduate credit from Plymouth State University is also available at an additional cost. Summer 2004 TeacherLine Courses are: · Teaching Reading in the Content Area · Utilizing Technology in Creating a Problem Based Curriculum · Math in Everyday Life · Fostering Collaboration, Inquiry, and Critical Thinking in Middle School Science · Real-Time Data · Teaching with WebQuest Additional information is available at:  http://www.nhptv.org/teacherline/ including a schedule of informational sessions to be held at each of the LESCN sites and at SERESC. Still have questions? Call (800) 639-3413 or send an email to cberry@nhptv.org.
Regards, Cathy Higgins for the staff at the Office of Educational Technology at the New Hampshire Department of Education Visit us on NH Educators Online at http://nheon.org/oet
About ET News ET News is sent from the Office of Educational Technology at the New Hampshire Department of Education. ET News serves as a primary e-mail communication tool about technology matters pertinent to NH educators. Current and previous issues are posted on the web at www.nheon.org/oet/etnews and include information about: · NHDOE technology surveys and technology planning · Federal technology funding and E-rate discounts · Research studies, curriculum information, and professional development related to technology implementation Requests from service providers to disseminate information about their technology products and services using the electronic newsletter ET News can no longer be accommodated by existing OET staff (see March 29 issue of ET News). Providers are referred to the Reports and Statistics section of the NHDOE website, where several data reports are available in various formats, including School and SAU Information with names, phone numbers, and addresses, Student Dropout Data, and more. Go to: http://www.ed.state.nh.us/ReportsandStatistics/Reports.htm.